Elections are passionate and partisan affairs things are often said in the heat of the debate on all sides that we later regret.

But always remember in our party, we have much more in common than that which divides us.

As far as I’m concerned the slate is wiped clean from today.

We are proud as a party that we’re not afraid to discuss openly, to debate and disagree that is essential for a party that wants to change people’s lives for the better that isn’t prepared to accept things as they are

Corbyn has said that “lots of MPs” are now willing to support him ahead of compromise talks which may thrash out a deal that could lead to shadow ministers who resigned because they had lost confidence in Corbyn agreeing to work for him again. Around 60 shadow ministers resigned over the summer; a few have indicated publicly that they would be willing to return to the front bench, but many are still resisting. The party’s national executive committee is meeting this evening to discuss the impasse. Corbyn wants the dissidents to return to the front bench so he can run an effective opposition in parliament. His critics want him to agree to shadow cabinet elections. As the Herald’s Kate Devlin reports, MPs are under pressure not to go back until Corbyn has compromised.

Kate Devlin (@_katedevlin)

What happens now? Understand pressure on some Labour MPs not to be 'scabs' & enter Corbyn's shadow cabinet without/ before elections.

Given that Corbyn wants party members to have more seats on the NEC (to extend his power there), and MPs want at least some shadow cabinet members to be elected, it is not hard to see how some sort of deal could be struck. Corbyn said that “lots of changes” will be announced over the next few weeks. (See 4.55pm.)

Smith has ruled out returning to the shadow cabinet. His team are taking consolation from a YouGov poll finding showing that 63% of people who were members before 2015 voted for him. “These are the backbone of the party - the councillors, canvassers and leafleters”, a Smith source said.

Corbyn has told Labour’s women’s conference that he is committed to tackling sexual harassment online. He told the delegates:

Under my leadership, the Labour party has committed to consulting and working with women’s and other relevant organisations on how to strengthen the law and its implementation to tackle sexual harassment and threats online and increase organisations’ responsibility towards promoting safe and respectful ‘community standards’ online

‘Reclaim the Internet’ which many colleagues here today, including Jess Philips have been supporting brings together women’s campaigns, think tanks, trade unions and media platforms to challenge the abuse that women face online.

Women who are in the public eye including women in politics face greater challenges, and outrageous abuse both on and offline. Wherever abuse occurs, it is incumbent upon us all to ensure that it is taken seriously and challenged.

Nia Griffith, who resigned as shadow Welsh secretary over the summer, has said she is willing to serve under Jeremy Corbyn again. The news has been posted on Twitter by Paul Flynn, who replaced her as shadow Welsh secretary and who seems very happy for her to come back. Flynn, a reluctant shadow cabinet appointee, is also doubling up as shadow leader of the Commons.

Paul Flynn (@PaulFlynnMP)

Great! Nia Griffith told Newyddion she is willing to serve on Corbyn Frontbench. Courageous to resign:courageous to return. Llongyfarchiadau

Tom Baldwin, communications director for Ed Miliband when Miliband was leader, and an opponent of Jeremy Corbyn’s, has written an article for the Guardian setting out what he thinks MPs should do to remove Corbyn. Here is an extract.

The best – perhaps only – way to remove Corbyn is by fighting on the same set of rules he has exploited so successfully. That means signing up more members than Momentum. Those who want the chance to be leader in the future need to earn it by beginning a national campaign to sign up half a million mainstream Labour members over the next two years.

It is no small task. But I do not understand how almost an entire generation of mainstream Labour MPs can throw their hands up in horror at the prospect of trying to recruit more members than a far-left fringe that has just emerged from the woods. Presumably, they went into politics because they felt they had some skill in winning support. Now is the time they need to demonstrate such talents by expanding, not shrinking, the selectorate.

My mum was born on the largest council estate in Europe and was one of twelve children. They lived in poverty. And when I say poverty I mean poverty in every sense.

She cannot to this day read or write and was bullied at school.

They barely survived let alone lived on what money the family had.

My mum never felt loved and didn’t know how to love, hugs, cuddles and any signs of affection just wasn’t the norm.

Throughout her life she has faced hardship and struggle. She tried her best to be a good mum and I know that now. I haven’t always given her an easy ride.

It’s fair to say my upbringing was only marginally better than my mum’s. Mainly because of the interventions by the state and the advancement of equal rights in Britain.

My mum would be the first to admit she didn’t know how to love us kids or how to care for us. Let’s face it she didn’t have the right role models or upbringing herself.

But you know what, she taught me that we have to keep fighting and improving the system. We have to break down the barriers that exist still to this day for many woman in our country and across the globe. She taught me through her own struggles that I was just as good as everyone else and to stand tall and be proud of who I am.

Momentum has announced today a partnership with Disabled People Against the Cuts. It says it wants to put disabled people’s rights and accessibility and inclusion “at the heart of the labour movement”. In a statement it said:

Groups such as Disabled People Against the Cuts, who were instrumental in opposing the cuts to Personal Independence Payments, will be invited to advise on access requirements so that events and activities are inclusive for those with disabilities. Alongside Momentum Kids, this initiative is part of Momentum’s drive to make politics more inclusive and participatory.

Over the coming months, Momentum hopes to develop further links with disabled activists and to assist in campaigning against devastating cuts.

A Labour peer is set to resign in protest at Jeremy Corbyn’s re-election as party leader, the Press Association reports.

Lord Mitchell, who is Jewish, said that he would quit over the leader’s handling of the anti-semitism row.

The businessman was made a Labour peer in 2000 and served as a frontbencher under Ed Miliband.

He had previously said he would leave Labour if Mr Corbyn was re-elected and he told the Press Association: “I’m a man of my word.”

Lord Mitchell said he would make a formal announcement about his future on Sunday.

In a letter to The Times in August, Lord Mitchell wrote: “As a Jew, I find the allegations of anti-semitism in the Labour Party very distressing.

“Even more upsetting is the way Jeremy Corbyn dismisses what he has permitted to fester at the highest levels of our party.”

He said the report on the issue produced by Baroness Chakrabarti had been an “insipid whitewash” and continued: “I have come to the painful conclusion that were Mr Corbyn re-elected ... I will have to resign my membership of the Labour Party.

“I cannot remain a member of a party that goes against such a crucual issue that I hold dear.”

Following Mr Corbyn’s re-election Lord Mitchell said: “I will be making an announcement tomorrow. But let’s say I’m a man of my word.”

Corbyn suggests that 'lots of MPs' now willing to support him

Jeremy Corbyn has given an interview to the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg. Here are the key points.

Corbyn said that “lots of MPs” had been in touch offering to support him, implying that they would be returning to frontbench roles. He said:

I think you will see a sense of unity around the party. I’ve already had messages from ... lots of people who want to get on board and get out there and do the campaigning. And that’s just what we are going to be doing.

When asked if he was referring to MPs, he said he he was talking about “lots of MPs”.

He said that there would be “a lot of changes” to party rules being proposed soon. This is what he said when asked if he would introduce shadow cabinet elections.

There is a need to strengthen the democracy within our party. We are a party of more than half a million members, and so there has to be a discussion about democracy in the party. And that includes the proposal for elections to the shadow cabinet. That is absolutely in the mix. That is what we are discussing at the moment with colleagues in parliament, with the parliamentary committee and with many others on the national executive committee. So I think you will see a lot of changes over the next few weeks.

He played down the prospect of MPs being deselected. Asked why he would not rule out deselections, he replied:

It is not my decision on who is selected for a place or not. I am not a leader who imposes things on constituencies. The new boundaries will probably come in in 2018 ... Obviously all sitting MPs go automatically on the the shortlist. And I hope the local parties will recognise that and support them.

In the past, while not actually encouraging deselections, Corbyn has pointed out that the boundary changes will lead to new selections taking place. Today, by saying that he hoped local parties would support sitting MPs, he sounded more keen to quell concerns about MPs being deselected than he has done in the past.

Further to his earlier tweet (see 3pm) ITV’s Chris Ship has posted another one saying that, when Jeremy Corbyn talked about a shadow cabinet reshuffle happening “imminently”, he did not quite mean imminently.

Chris Ship (@chrisshipitv)

Been given some guidance on what Jeremy Corbyn meant by 'imminent' positions to Shad Cabinet in my interview. He meant after #labconf16

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Patrick McLoughlin, the Conservative party chairman, was on Sky News earlier talking about Jeremy Corbyn’s re-election. Asked if he thought this result increased the chances of the Tories winning the next election, he replied:

The next election is three and a half years away, and we are going to work hard to show that we deserve to win that next election. I take nothing for granted as far as elections are concerned. The government does not take elections for granted ... I hope that by 2020 we’ve shown the British people that we deserve the chance to carry on in government.

When you hear a politician say they take “nothing for granted” in an election, that normally means they are pretty confident they are going to win.

That’s bad new for the journalists in Liverpool. Corbyn’s reshuffles tend to go on even longer than NEC meetings. We could be stuck covering it for ages.

But it is possible that Corbyn may have a limited reshuffle all ready to go. Some of the MPs who took shadow cabinet jobs in the summer, when the mass resignations occurred, like their new roles and will not want to move. But others are there on sufferance and may be happy to stand down at the first opportunity to make way for returnees.